The Mech Touch novel Chapter 7472

Chapter 7472: A Different Path to Godhood

It was not enough for the arche race to violate the taboos of the human race.

They had gone ahead and violated the taboos of their own pan-racial galactic community as well!

According to the alien controller as well as Gloriana and a bunch of other experts, the archeshell construct turned out to be an unholy fusion between a human mech and an alien phase lord!

Such a reckless and unthinkable combination should have produced an unambiguous failure.

Yet the fact that it was able to stand before them and power its alien systems indicated that it possessed at least part of its intended functionality!

There was a huge range of possibilities between absolute failure and total success. Where this archeshell contraption fell into remained to be seen.

However, as long as its place did not veer too close to the former, then it could absolutely pose a significant threat to the Apocalypse Wardens!

"There is good news." The Saint Commander said. "The other boarding teams have progressed steadily through the blockades and remaining fixed defenses. The first to arrive will be able to enter the central hall within several minutes. However, I have ordered them to remain on standby and conduct other preparations just outside. They lack the firepower and defenses to fight against this new threat directly."

That was probably the best decision that she could make. Ordinary infantry troopers could not defeat an ordinary mech unless the latter was controlled by a moron.

That said, their situation was not completely hopeless.

Whatever monstrosity the arche had cooked up, it was currently confined within a single hall. It could not easily move away and snipe the human soldiers from afar without getting out first.

Even that may not be a wise decision as doing so would only make it vulnerable to the human mechs and warships floating outside.

In fact, no matter how strong this archeshell mech may be, many people doubted that it could defeat a single ace mech, let alone a superdimensional one like the First Sword Mark III.

What was the point of putting on this show?

The would-be arche god freely addressed everyone’s doubts, as if he wanted to leave his mark behind in this galaxy.

"#$&$&$&@."

"MY ORDERS INSTRUCT ME TO DESTROY MY GOD VESSEL TO PREVENT ITS EXPOSURE. I MUST DISAPPOINT MY LORDS ABOVE, BECAUSE I DESPISE WELCOMING DEATH AS A MORTAL. IF I AM TO DIE TO YOUR HUMAN WEAPONS, THEN I SHALL DO SO AS THE CLOSEST FORM TO A GOD THAT I CAN MANAGE."

The crystalline ’mech’ that was made up of hundreds of interlocking and partially fused archeshells gradually increased its emissions.

Its internal activity rose while its archeshells all shone brighter.

To multiple human observers, it was as if they beheld an alien and warped version of the Amaranto Mark III!

However, unlike the archemech that weaponized the power of light in a material fashion, the alien construct only glowed bright for other reasons such as aesthetics.

What was much more concerning was the fact that it also produced notable spatial activity!

This unholy machine partially possessed the traits of a phase lord, which made it all the more confounding.

Nobody knew how the arche had managed to do it! The best theory they came up with was that they haphazardly fused their traditional phase lord ascension ritual with a crude attempt at creating their own Carmine mech!

Such a crazy combination should have failed outright, yet due to unstable factors such as conducting a bloody sacrificial ritual, the aliens somehow lucked out and managed to produce a working device!

Now, it appeared that the alien leader had stalled long enough to gain a measure of control of his partially ’divine’ form.

"#@$#$&@$."

"FAR TOO MANY OF MY BRETHREN LIVE AND DIE WITHOUT GETTING NOTICED BY THE RED OCEAN. THIS IS THE CURSE OF OUR RACE. I SHALL NOT FOLLOW THEM. WITNESS ME. BLEED FOR ME. REMEMBER ME. IF I CANNOT LIVE AS A GOD OF MY RACE, THEN I SHALL LIVE ON AS A GOD OF YOUR RACE."

Before anyone could figure out what he meant by that, the archeshell construct finally took action!

"He’s fast!"

The bizarre alien construct violently vibrated before he began to run forward at a pace exceeding everyone’s expectations!

Instead of blundering forward with slow and badly coordinated limbs, the large construct dropped to all fours and charged forward as if the alien leader was controlling his own body!

That was not all. Another factor that boosted his speed was the weak spatial warping effect that acted on his artificial form.

Though the warp bubble was not as large and strong as that created by a proper phase lord, it still made a significant difference, especially when fighting against a bunch of infantry troopers!

The alien arrived so quickly that only ten or so Apocalypse Wardens managed to evade to the sides in time.

As for the remainder, they reacted quickly enough, but their evasion speeds failed to bring them out of their adversary’s trajectory in time!

CRUNCH!

The collisions produced loud impact noises as the unlucky Apocalypse Wardens got smacked by the enemy and uncontrollably flew into the air!

Their flight only lasted for a brief moment before they collectively collided against the closed gate to the rear.

Fortunately, due to their superdimensional armor, their armor remained mostly intact, though it had become minutely deformed due to being subjected to strong kinetic impacts.

"What is your status?!"

"We are still alive. The inertial dampeners failed to fully cover our bodies, but... aside from suffering bruises, we are still able to fight."

The Apocalypse Wardens might not be body cultivators, but they did not need to be when they mostly relied on their combat armor for protection.

The power of ultra-modern human technology and an obscenely high budget neatly compensated for the shortcomings of traditional qi cultivators.

As the stricken Apocalypse Wardens gathered their wits, their comrades did not remain idle. They all aimed their transphasic hyper armaments at the obvious target and opened fire!

"Do not forget about the spatial activity." Saint Commander Casella Ingvar reminded the female Senior. "Could that play a role in enhancing its durability? This is supposed to be a partially successful hybrid between an archemech and phase lord, correct?"

"@$&$!"

"DIE YOU SHELL-LESS BEINGS!"

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